Graves' disease is due to an autoantibody that binds to and activates the TSH receptor. This interaction would primarily increase which second messenger in the thyroid epithelial cells?
A. Ca++
B. activated STAT
C. PI3 kinase
D. cGMP
E. cAMP
ANS: E
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